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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">After you have imported a Profile into the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window, the profiled elements and connectors are available from the expanded Profile folder in the window and from the appropriate pages of the <a href="objecttoolbar.htm">Enterprise Architect UML Toolbox</a> (click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">More tools</span><span class="f_BodyText"> option at the top of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText">). </span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Similarly, when you import an MDG Technology, it adds the appropriate pages of profiled elements and connectors to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Therefore, to add a Profile-based element to a diagram, click on the element in either:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> window, and drag it onto the diagram, or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> page and drag it onto the diagram.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To add a Profile-based connector to the current diagram, click on the connector in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window or </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page, then click on the source element in the diagram and drag it to the target.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can also drag the connector from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window to the source and use the list box below to select the target.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="addprofilecon.png" width="268" height="273" border="0" alt="AddProfileCon"></p>




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